2018 Vermont elections


A general election was held in the U.S. state of Vermont on November 6, 2018. All of Vermont's executive officers were up for election, as well as Vermont's Class I Senate seat and at-large seat in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on August 14, 2018.

United States Senate

Independent incumbent Bernie Sanders was elected to a third term.

United States House of Representatives

Democratic incumbent Peter Welch was elected to a seventh term.

Governor

Incumbent Republican Phil Scott was elected to a second term.

Lieutenant governor

Incumbent Progressive/Democratic lieutenant governor Dave Zuckerman was elected to a second term.

Democratic primary

Zuckerman was unopposed in the Democratic primary.

Republican primary

[Vermont Vermont House of Representatives|House of Representatives|House] Republican Minority Leader Don H. Turner Jr. ran uncontested in the Republican primary.

Progressive primary

Zuckerman also again ran as a write-in candidate in the Progressive primary and was unopposed.

Liberty Union nomination

Murray Ngoima, candidate for Treasurer in 2010, 2014, and 2016, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for lieutenant governor.

Secretary of state

Incumbent Democratic secretary of state Jim Condos was elected to a fifth term.

Democratic primary

Condos was unopposed in the Democratic primary.

Republican primary

H. Brooke Paige, a perennial candidate, was unopposed in the Republican primary. Paige also ran in and won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, attorney general, treasurer and auditor of accounts.

Liberty Union nomination

Mary Alice Herbert, candidate for Secretary of State in 2016, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for secretary of state.

State Treasurer

Incumbent Democratic treasurer Beth Pearce was elected to a fifth term.

Democratic primary

Pearce was unopposed in the Democratic primary.

Republican primary

H. Brooke Paige, a perennial candidate, was unopposed in the Republican primary. Paige also ran in and won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, attorney general, secretary of state and state auditor of accounts.

Post-primary

Paige withdrew on August 24, allowing the state Republican party to name a replacement. On August 29, the Vermont Republican Party selected Rick Morton, the current state party treasurer.

Attorney general

Incumbent Democratic attorney general T. J. Donovan was elected to a second term.

Democratic primary

Donovan was unopposed in the Democratic primary.

Republican primary

H. Brooke Paige, a perennial candidate, was unopposed in the Republican primary. Paige also ran in and won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, secretary of state, state treasurer and state auditor of accounts.

Post primary

Paige withdrew on August 24, allowing the state Republican party to name a replacement. On August 29, the Vermont Republican Party selected State Representative Janssen Willhoit as their attorney general nominee.

Liberty Union nomination

Rosemarie Jackowski, candidate for attorney general in 2016, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for attorney general.

Auditor of Accounts

Incumbent Democratic/Progressive Auditor Doug Hoffer was elected to a fourth term.

Democratic primary

Hoffer was unopposed in the Democratic primary.

Republican primary

H. Brooke Paige, a perennial candidate, was unopposed in the Republican primary. Paige also ran in and won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, attorney general, secretary of state and state treasurer.

Post-primary

Paige withdrew on August 24, allowing the state Republican party to name a replacement. On August 29, the Vermont Republican Party selected Rick Kenyon, a tax preparer from Brattleboro.

Progressive primary

Hoffer also again ran as a write-in candidate in the Progressive primary and was unopposed.

Liberty Union nomination

Marina Brown, candidate for Auditor in 2016, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for Auditor.

State legislature

All 30 seats in the Vermont Senate and all 150 seats of the Vermont House of Representatives were up for election. The balance of political power before the elections for each chamber was:

House of Representatives

And the results of the elections for both chambers was:

County offices

All county level offices were up for election. The balance of political power before and after the elections for each office was:

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